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Author: Father Spyridon Bailey
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Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781784071981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn August 2013 Father Spyridon took a life changing journey to the heart of Orthodox monasticism on Mount Athos. During his visit he encountered monks and hermits of the ancient Christian tradition who shared the wisdom of their lives. Journey To Mount Athos is a journey into mysticism and faith that will speak to the hearts of many.
Author: Francois Augieras
Publisher: Pushkin Collection
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Buddhist Pilgrim's Progress, a journey towards spiritual enlightenment for both narrator and reader
Author: Sotiris Kadas
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marcus Campbell
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781704065885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor two weeks in July 1987, Marcus Campbell kept a journal as he walked about Mount Athos, known as The Holy Mountain, in Greece, searching for the place in which to spend the rest of his days. He hoped to meet, in a monastery, cave or hut in the wilderness a particular man, a geronda (elder) or pnevmatikos ('spirit-filled' guide) to whom he could entrust himself, body and soul.This vivid account, including the author's journal record of his travels, was intended to provide a picture of Mount Athos as he found it, for family and friends, especially women friends, who could never visit it themselves. A highlight of the book is the author's encounter with the Elder Paisios (1924-94) who in 2015 was canonized a saint of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Author: Christopher Merrill
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780007119011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCentred around three journeys to Mount Athos, one of the most important places in Orthodox Christianity, this is both a travel book and a journey of self-discovery in a world beset by violence and fear. Mount Athos is the spiritual home of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and for more than ten centuries this monastic community in northern Greece has been a centre for contemplative life, a staging ground for mystical visions and teachings, and a watch tower for Byzantium. A world unto itself, which has existed almost unchanged since medieval times, the theocratic state of Athos is a spiritual haven which stands in dramatic counterpoint to the contemporary world. Even time is calculated differently here - Athos rejects the Julian calendar and clocks are reset every day to Byzantine time - midnight falls at sunset. Christopher Merrill travelled to Mount Athos in search of spiritual renewal and a vision of eternity.
Author: M. Basil Pennington
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1893361780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the rich spirituality of monastic life on Mount Athos--a place like no other on earth. Twenty-five years ago, M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, was the first Western monk to live on Mount Athos for more than the usually permitted overnight visit. The Monks of Mount Athos chronicles his extraordinary stay, his experiences of the East, and lively conversations with his hosts about theological differences and unfamiliar spiritual practices. Listen in as Abbot Basil wrestles with historical differences between Christianity's East and West, learns the Orthodox practice of "the prayer of the heart," and explores the landscape, the monastic communities, and the food of Athos--a monastic republic like no other place on earth. New to this edition, Archimandrite Dionysios, a monk from "the Holy Mountain," reflects on the ecumenical openness fostered as a result of, and since, Abbot Basil's stay. The abbot's experiences on Mount Athos motivated him to re-examine his role as a monk and his relationship to God. His inspiring meditations will help you to explore your own relationship to God and to others.
Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2014-03-04
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1590177568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPatrick Leigh Fermor recounts the last leg of his epic walk across Europe as he makes his way through Bulgaria, Romania, and finally Greece. In the winter of 1933, eighteen-year-old Patrick (“Paddy”) Leigh Fermor set out on a walk across Europe, starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople, a trip that took him almost a year. Decades later, Leigh Fermor told the story of that life-changing journey in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, two books now celebrated as among the most vivid, absorbing, and beautifully written travel books of all time. The Broken Road is the long-awaited account of the final leg of his youthful adventure that Leigh Fermor promised but was unable to finish before his death in 2011. Assembled from Leigh Fermor’s manuscripts by his prizewinning biographer Artemis Cooper and the travel writer Colin Thubron, this is perhaps the most personal of all Leigh Fermor’s books, catching up with young Paddy in the fall of 1934 and following him through Bulgaria and Romania to the coast of the Black Sea. Days and nights on the road, spectacular landscapes and uncanny cities, friendships lost and found, leading the high life in Bucharest or camping out with fishermen and shepherds–in the The Broken Road such incidents and escapades are described with all the linguistic bravura, odd and astonishing learning, and overflowing exuberance that Leigh Fermor is famous for, but also with a melancholy awareness of the passage of time, especially when he meditates on the scarred history of the Balkans or on his troubled relations with his father. The book ends, perfectly, with Paddy’s arrival in Greece, the country he would fall in love with and fight for. Throughout it we can still hear the ringing voice of an irrepressible young man embarking on a life of adventure.
Author: Luiz Rocha
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2009-02
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1440117535
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is about the life lessons learned and experienced by the author during a pilgrimage to Mount Athos in Greece, one of the oldest surviving monastic communities in the world; an exclusive domain of monks and other holy men; a place molded in tradition, history, legend, and miracles. Known as the Holy Mountain, it remains fundamentally unchanged since the eighth century. The author visits a number of monasteries and learns from the monks, hermits, and other people he meets about the historical differences between the Christian religion in the East and West, the symbolism of the faith, the influence of paganism on Christianity, and the Byzantine Empire's art and iconography. Most importantly, immersed in this environment, he is confronted with some of the fundamental questions that we deal with on our lives' journeys over and over again. He is also introduced to the mystic side of an unfamiliar spiritual practice called "hesychia," a technique combining concentration with inward tranquility. The book merges elements of research, memoir, art, history, philosophy, and spirituality into a single story. What emerges is a fascinating and insightful account of a world that is entirely new to many Western readers.
Author: Father Spyridon Bailey
Publisher:
Published: 2018-05-30
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781788763936
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExtending out from Northern Greece into the Aegean Sea are three peninsulas, one of which, Mount Athos, has been a monastic republic for over a thousand years. A pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain is a journey to the heart of Orthodox monasticism, and Father Spyridon takes us with him to hear words of ancient wisdom that may lead us into a deeper sense of God's presence. Father Ioakeim Oureilidis writes "This book is primarily a spiritual invitation through this paper object, that our Holy Mary, our Panagia, making good use of Fr Spyridon's skills and talents, extends to us all to visit her earthly home, the Holy Mountain, in order to be rejuvenated through faith and communication with the praying fathers and her grace."
Author: Thomas Jesse Roach
Publisher: Bookbaby
Published: 2018-01-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781543921892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJourney to Mount Athos is part travelogue and part spiritual journey. It tells the true story of five young men who raised money working at Greek Food Festivals in the Chicago area so they could visit Mount Athos.
